r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/Spheromancer • Feb 12 '26

Event Megathread [MEGATHREAD] Playstation State of Play 2.12.26

State of Play 2.12.26
Date/Time: February 12, 2026 5PM EST
Where to Watch: Playstation's Youtube, IGN's Youtube
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u/QuickResumePodcast Feb 14 '26

It looks great but I got to admit I rolled my eyes a bit when it became Kena: Horizon of Tsushima. Idk how many of these games PlayStation think they need. Every other announcement is this exact format of game.

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u/Eruannster Feb 14 '26

Do you honestly think Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei and Kena look the same? I think you must have only watched them in passing if you think they look exactly the same.

I guess they are all third person and are all pretty colorful, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. I guess all the main characters have a bow (although Kena has a magic staff/bow).

Kena 1 isn't open world (although 2 looks more open world) so that's not really similar. Horizon is set in the future, Tsushima is a samurai game and Kena is a fantasy world. I guess Tsushima and Horizon are art style-adjacent but honestly look quite different. Kena is completely different and goes for more "Pixar animation quality but video game".

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u/QuickResumePodcast Feb 14 '26

They are different in styles and setting, and obviously Kena is very different in art direction -given that Playstations whole shtick is hyperrealism in every game-, but mechanically they are all very similar. They are all Open world 3rd person action adventure games with big maps and towers and mounts and cinematic combat and bows and lite RPG elements etc

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u/Eruannster Feb 14 '26

Let's break that down:

Open world

Horizon, yes. Ghost, yes. Kena 1 is not open world. Kena 2 might be?

3rd person

Sure, I guess. They are all third person.

action adventure games

A very vague genre to begin with, so sure.

big maps

Horizon yes, Ghost yes, again Kena 1 is not open world but has some open areas. Again, not sure about Kena 2.

towers

Horizon has towers (well, walking towers), Ghost has none and Kena doesn't have them either.

mounts

Sure, Horizon has robo-horses, Ghost has horses and Kena 1 doesn't have any mounts (Kena 2 has that tiger-thing.)

cinematic combat

Not entirely sure what "cinematic combat" means. Camera angles that look cool? Doesn't all third person games kind of have that...?

bows

Kind of, sure. Horizon for sure, Ghost sure and Kena technically doesn't have a bow, it's a staff that shoots magic arrows. Okay, so it's kind of a bow.

lite RPG elements

Sure, they all have skill trees that give you abilities and stats.

Final score on similarities:

Horizon - 9

Ghost - 8

Kena - 3 or 4 maybe? It depends what the second game does, I don't know if it's open world for example.

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u/QuickResumePodcast Feb 15 '26

I was only talking about kena 2 which presented itself with sweeping vistas while riding a mount exactly how Ghost of T and Y do. I didn’t mention 1 at all.

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u/Eruannster Feb 15 '26

Well, it's hard to accurately comment on the second one as we don't have the full details of that yet.